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    Miriam said, ‘One way to find out.’ She hefted one of those ceramic eggs in her right hand, pressed a stud that made it glow red, and hurled it towards the nearest spider. It followed a low-gravity arc, slowing quickly in the thick air, and it seemed to take an age to fall. But her aim was good, and it landed not a metre from the spider.
Miriam said, ‘One way to find out.’ She hefted one of those ceramic eggs in her right hand, pressed a stud that made it glow red, and hurled it towards the nearest spider. It followed a low-gravity arc, slowing quickly in the thick air, and it seemed to take an age to fall. But her aim was good, and it landed not a metre from the spider.


    And exploded. Evidently it had been a grenade. The spider shattered satisfactorily, those ugly claws going wheeling through the air.
And exploded. Evidently it had been a grenade. The spider shattered satisfactorily, those ugly claws going wheeling through the air.


    Miriam had already started to run towards the spider. ‘Come on.’ You couldn’t fault her directness.
Miriam had already started to run towards the spider. ‘Come on.’ You couldn’t fault her directness.


    -Xeelee: Endurance, "Return to Titan"
-Xeelee: Endurance, "Return to Titan"